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Electricity: Distribution

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of electricity distribution networks.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 25 Feb 2025
Answer: 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of electricity distribution networks.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to expanding the electricity network to support its Clean Energy Superpower mission and is working closely with Ofgem and industry to mobilise the required investment. Under the most recent price control for electricity distrib...

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